THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM EXPLAINED by Paramhansa Yogananda

Omar Khayyam's famous poem, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, is loved by Westerners as a hymn of praise to sensual delights. In the East, his quatrains enjoy a very different reputation: they are known as a deep allegory of the soul's romance with God. Even there, however, the knowing is based on who and what Omar Khayyam was: a sage, a mystic. As for what his quatrains actually mean, most of them have remained a mystery.

Now after more than eight centuries, Paramhansa Yogananda, one of the great mystics of our time, a master of yoga and the author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, explains the mystery behind Omar's famous poem.

Soft cover, fairly good condition. Slight foxing.